SONG, LYRICS & TABS

Artist:	Beatles, The
Album:	The Beatles [White Album]
Date:	1968
Title:	Blackbird

G
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
C                 Am                 Em
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
Am       C
All your life
Am            C                A7        G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise


G
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
C                 Am                Em
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
Am       C
All your life
Am            C                A7           G
You were only waiting for this moment to be free


Am   Am7  G    Am   Am7  G
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
G        Dm           Am7        G
Into the light of the dark black night



Am   Am7  G    Am   Am7  G
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
G        Dm           Am7        G
Into the light of the dark black night


G
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
C                 Am                 Em
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
Am       C
All your life
Am            C                A7        G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Am            C                A7        G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Am            C                A7        G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise


===============================================

Verse Part

Blackbird singin’ in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive
Verse Ending


Blackbird singin’ in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Bridge

Blackbird fly

Blackbird fly into the light of the dark black night

Blackbird singin’ in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive

---

Verse Part
(^) Slide Up (\) Slide Down (h) Hammer On (p) Pull Off (b) Bend



E-----------------------------------------------------------
B----0---------1-------------3^-------12------12---12-----12
G---------0---------0----------------------0-----------0----
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A--------------0-------------2^-------10-----------10-------
E----3------------------------------------------------------
Blackbird singin' in the dead of night

E---------------3----------------5--------------------------
B----5--------------0---7-------------0---8------8---8-----8
G---------0------------------0----------------0---------0---
D---------------5----------------7--------------------------
A----3------------------5-----------------7----------6------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
Take these broken wings and learn to fly, ummm
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see, ummm

E----------3------------------------------------------------
B-----7---------5--------5----4--------4--------------------
G--------------------0-------------0------------------------
D----------5------------------------------------------------
A-----5---------3-------------3-----------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
All your life

E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----3-------3-----2-----------2----1--------1---0---------
G---------0----------------0--------------0-----------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----2-------------0----------------0----------------------
E-------------------------------------------------3---------
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Return To Base

---

Verse Ending
(^) Slide Up (\) Slide Down (h) Hammer On (p) Pull Off (b) Bend


After the first verse, do this staff (skip it after the 2nd)

E----------------------------------------------3------------
B-----5---3---2------2---1------1----0------0---------------
G-----------------0----------0-----------0------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----3---2---0----------0----------------------------------
E------------------------------------3----------------------

Return To Base

---

Bridge
(^) Slide Up (\) Slide Down (h) Hammer On (p) Pull Off (b) Bend



E-----------------------------------------------------------
B---10---8---7---5---3-------3-------5------5---------------
G------------------------0---------------0------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A---9----6---5---3---1-----------1---3----------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
Bla -ack bi- rd fly

E-----------------------------------------------------------
B---10---8---7---5---3-------3-------2------2---------------
G------------------------0--------------0-------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A---9----6---5---3---1-----------1---0----------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
Bla -ack bi- rd fly into the

E----------------------------------------3------------------
B-----1-----------1----0------------0-----------------------
G------------0----------------0-----------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----0-----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------3------------------------------------
light of the dark brown night